Try with our new gen8 bl460c blade servers, with locally attached p420i raid controllers and 2gb cache. Xenserver 7 and software raid configuration howtoforge. Xenserver 7 pool upgrade via cli and xencenter web interface. In may 2016, citrix released the new version of the xenserver platform.
Our first dell xenserver was ready to go in less than 2 hours time from unboxing to complete software setup. Jul 26, 2016 the next notable upgrade in xenserver 7 is the actual upgrade from xen 4. Purchase new lsi megaraidsas 92604i card as a replacement for the adaptec raid 6405 card currently in one of the host boxes. Would quite like to get the rest of the servers onto 7. Finding almost no concise guide to doing this online and trying to help someone go through this in the simplest manner possible, i thought that it would be good to document the process as we typically dont see xenserver with software raid and when you find guides for that they assume that you are booting from the software raid array as well which adds a lot of unnecessary. Due to the fact that the standard update is a xenserver installation of the new xenserver with virtual machines preservation, with the loss of all the changes that were made manually on the server installed software, changing adding settings through the console. To begin you must to know at least basic centos command. Jun 15, 2015 the results of the firmware upgrade are saved to the component. Xenserver only permits upgrades from the last major release. Xenserver quick start guide provides an introduction for new users to the xenserver environment and components. Here we will use both raid 0 and raid 1 to perform a raid 10 setup with minimum of 4 drives. To start the process, just tell the host to reboot. We have been planning to upgrade our citrix xenserver from 5. Upgrade raid cards to 1gb cache we have some spares.
Recommended hotfixes for citrix hypervisor formerly. Feb 14, 2015 upgrade raid cards to 1gb cache we have some spares. The alternative to this problem is configuring the system in software raid1. Dec 05, 20 purchase new lsi megaraidsas 92604i card as a replacement for the adaptec raid 6405 card currently in one of the host boxes. I recently did some performance tests for a couple virtualization technologies. The list of fixes and enhancements is quite large but some of the highly noted enhancements from citrix include agentless antimalware introspection for guests as well as frameworks that can allow guests to. It is also called intelligent raid on chip iroc or software raid and it is built into the firmware of the controller. Install said card into host box and test installation of xenserver 6. Apr 14, 2015 hey guys, are you looking for on how to keep track your xenserver status of raid disk and want to make it in a daily checking and alerting by send email.
All the processing is done by your cpu and is similar to software raid in that regard. Xenserver 7 raid1 mdadm after install running system server. This new landing page provides links to citrix hypervisor content and resources available on and developer. Recommended hotfixes for citrix hypervisor formerly xenserver. Setting up the second drive sdb devsda should now contain 3 partitions. In netscaler sdwan wanop gui, go to configuration maintenance update software. Sep 20, 2016 someone here has already installer xenserver 7. If a xenserver host is running a version older than 6. I would hope that both ext4 and btrfs support is added in the near future.
Before you get started, go through the steps to disable gpt. Assume, that weve some data saved to logical volume, which is created with raid 10. May 18, 2011 so after reading the fine print like we all always do, i found out when upgrading from xenserver 5. It is best to watch the progress by using kvm if its available, but if not, it should proceed fine and boot into upgraded xcpng in 10 to 20 minutes. As expected, we took the dell server out of the box, popped in the usb key for xenserver and loaded it up. There are plenty of them in the internet, but the bottom point is this. Setup hp switches via command line cli 32,257 views. The disk io performance loss in xen vms xenserver 5. On the steps to follow, devsda are used for the disc where the instalation was made and devsdb for the second disc with the same size.
After the instalaltion the xenserver should be accessible via ssh with the password entered in the answer file. Honestly, you are wasting your time with software raid 5. Basically after that we have setup the raid, following that thread its look that there is no official documentation. Basically, since xenserver 7 is based on centos 7, you should follow the centos 7 raid conversion guide. There is no additional raid processor on hostraid cards. Xenserver release notes cover new features in xenserver 7. These ones needs to be setup raid1 and will contain vm data. Xenserver and raid problems im currently managing a xenserver v6. In addition, the price of software raid makes it a very desirable solution. Xenserver uses this partition for temporary space during upgrades. Feb 27, 2019 it will also backup your existing xenserver dom0 install to the secondary backup partition, just like the normal upgrade.
Plenty has remained the same but there are also some useful new additions to this latest release. How to build your own xenserver with raid sms it group. We need to install too, but at this time we are stucked on raid software, mdadm configuration. To update firmware from linux operating system on target server. Hey guys, are you looking for on how to keep track your xenserver status of raid disk and want to make it in a daily checking and alerting by send email. How to configure raid 5 after installing xenserver 7. Right away, it saw the raid array and loaded up in about 45 minutes.
So after reading the fine print like we all always do, i found out when upgrading from xenserver 5. This instruction was written and tested for the xenserver version 7. Instructions for switching to raid 1 for xenserver 6. Raid, xenserver 93 responses to xenserver with software raid1 installation 6. I logged into citrix and overlooked the upgrade process for xenserver 6.
So instead of upgrading hundreds of xenservers manually with dvdusb you can now use this tool instead. Although citrix recommends against using software raid with xenserver due to performance issues, ive had some pretty awful experiences with hardware raid cards over the last few years. Consolidation and containment of workloads on citrix hypervisor enables organizations of any vertical or size to transform their business it compute infrastructures. Due to the fact that the standard update is a xenserver installation of the new xenserver with virtual machines preservation, with the loss of all the changes that were made manually on the server installed software, changing adding settings through the console, etc. Prepping for the upgrade i learned the hard way when doing a rolling pool upgrade from 6. Xenserver doesnt really support fakeraid or software raid. However their xenserver 7 install is hard raid only but its 7. I got one more problem i have built a raid1 on over to disks on a dell s software raid controller. If the appliances are running older software release version, upgrade to the latest software release version first. First we set up the 2nd disk by copying the partition tables whilst enabling a degraded raid on it, then copy data over with custom initrd. One of the biggest changes is the upgrade to the underlying dom0 environment. Create virtual machine in xenserver from command line 49,641 views.
According to citrixs documentation a pool upgrade can be performed on any version of xenserver 6. Driver disk for hp smart array raid controller hpsa v3. The citrix xenserver rolling upgrade feature was introduced in citrix xenserver 5. Qmh2572 8gb fibre channel hba for hp cclass bladesystem. Citrix hypervisor is a leading virtualization management platform optimized for application, desktop and server virtualization infrastructures.
Sep 14, 2009 xenserver doesnt really support fakeraid or software raid. Convert xenserver installation to software raid1 technicus. Linux software raid is damn good and it beats low end raid controllers and usually matches performance of midend ones. This site lists all the hardware components currently certified and supported for use with citrix hypervisor. Xenserver documentation shipped with this release includes. Historically xenserver does not support software raid outthebox, and this is unchanged in the latest 6. Aug 01, 2016 according to citrixs documentation a pool upgrade can be performed on any version of xenserver 6. On windows, use a dedicated program that can write iso to usb drives. Xenserver 6 uses gpt instead of mbr to set up the partitions. First we set up the 2nd disk by copying the partition tables whilst enabling a degraded raid on.
Especially because i use uefi with nvme ssd i ended up with no raid. The second partition is used for backups during a xenserver upgrade. This document describes how to install xenserver 6. Citrix will continue to provide security updates to the base xenserver 7. Just for an example, if we are saving a data apple this will be saved under all 4 disk by this following method. That post also explains an optional adjustment to get a. I have a newer article explaining how to do this in xenserver 6.
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